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Failure to Submit Lease to Show No Contractual Obligation to Remove Ice And Snow Precluded Summary Judgment to Defendant Out-of-Possession Landlord—Evidence First Submitted in Reply Papers Properly Not Considered

The Second Department determined defendant out-of-possession landlord was not entitled to summary judgment in a slip and fall case because it did not submit the lease and therefore did not demonstrate the absence of any obligation to remove ice and snow.  The court noted that it could not consider evidence presented for the first time in reply papers:

An out-of-possession landlord can be held liable for injuries that occur on its premises only if the landlord has retained control over the premises and if the landlord is contractually or statutorily obligated to repair or maintain the premises or has assumed a duty to repair or maintain the premises by virtue of a course of conduct” … . Here, the plaintiff did not allege that the landlord’s duty was statutory or based on a course of conduct. Thus, to prevail on its motion, [defendant] was required to demonstrate, prima facie, that it had not retained control over the premises, or that it had no contractual duty to remove snow and ice from the area where the plaintiff allegedly slipped and fell. [Defendant] failed to sustain this burden because it failed to submit a copy of the lease between it and the entity that was the tenant of the subject premises at the time of the accident … .  Poole v MCPJF, Inc., 2015 NY Slip Op 03142, 2nd Dept 4-15-15

 

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